The Advocate General’s Opinion of December 19, 2019 deemed valid the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) adopted by the European Commission for the transfer of personal data from controllers to processors. Currently, many companies rely on SCCs as a mechanism for transferring personal data from the EU to non-EU countries in compliance with the GDPR. […]
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Treasury Announces Sanctions Against Cybercriminal Group Behind ‘Dridex’ Malware, Offering Mitigation Strategies for Businesses
On December 5, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued sanctions against Evil Corp, a Russian cybercriminal organization that is known for distributing the Dridex malware. Dridex is a banking trojan that has been used to target financial institutions across the globe and has resulted in more than $100 million […]
Senior Privacy, Cybersecurity Partner Wim Nauwelaerts Joins Alston & Bird
Alston & Bird has strengthened its global platform for advising on EU and international data protection with the addition of senior privacy and cybersecurity attorney Wim Nauwelaerts as partner in the firm’s Brussels office. Arriving from Sidley Austin LLP, Nauwelaerts is a veteran privacy and cybersecurity attorney with more than 20 years’ experience. Nauwelaerts advises […]
Peter Swire’s Op-ed: Schrems II Ruling Could Rupture Trans-Atlantic Data Flows
Prof. Peter Swire, Elizabeth and Thomas Holder Chair at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business and Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird, recently published an opinion piece, first in French in Le Monde, and then in English in the European Law Blog, with the title “the US, China, and Case 311/18 on Standard Contractual […]
EU and Japan Publish a Joint Release on Their Mutual Adequacy Decisions
On January 23, 2019, the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan (the “PPC”) and the European Commission (the “Commission”) jointly announced the adoption of the decisions recognizing each other’s personal data protection systems as equivalent. The Commission launched the process leading to the adoption of the adequacy decision in September 2018 and successfully completed the […]